A Pakistani judge has ordered the father of exiled human rights activist Gulalai Ismail be held in detention while awaiting trial for supporting of a movement that campaigns for civil rights for ethnic Pashtuns, his lawyer says.
The Pakistani Supreme Court has suspended a ruling by the high court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province that could have led to the release of thousands of victims of forced disappearances and indefinite detentions.
A top Afghan presidential contender has complained after two police officers slept in an election data center in Kabul where results from last month's first round of presidential polls are being collated -- supposedly to escape chilly weather.
The Pakistani government appears to be employing a range of tactics to prevent a major opposition protest aimed at toppling the administration of Prime Minister Imran Khan from reaching the capital, Islamabad.
Preliminary results from Afghanistan’s September 28 presidential election --- expected to be reported on October 19 – have been delayed, the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) says.
A provincial high court in Pakistan has struck down a tough security law that granted sweeping powers to the security forces in a northwestern province.
As the vote tally continues in another major test for Afghanistan, officials still must decide whether to throw out around one-quarter of all the ballots cast over failures to biometrically identify the voters.
The worsening economic conditions in Pakistan are helping an Islamist political party to threaten the survival of the country’s civilian government.
Major political parties appear to be throwing their weight behind an Islamist leader’s protest aimed at ousting Pakistan’s civilian government.
Allegations of widespread fraud have cast a dark cloud over Afghanistan's September 28 presidential election, where low voter turnout and a lack of vote counts have increased skepticism about the outcome.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s civilian government is facing an unprecedented protest aimed at toppling his administration.
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